Ex-Nihilo Sculpture Park
Along State Route 706 on the way to Mount Rainier's west entrance is the Ex-Nihilo Sculpture Park, pronounced "Ex Nee-Hill-o," and meaning "something created from nothing."
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Ex-Nihilo Sculpture Park Details
Along State Route 706 on the way to Mount Rainier's west entrance is the Ex-Nihilo Sculpture Park, pronounced "Ex Nee-Hill-o," and meaning "something created from nothing." Artist and welder Dan Klennert has created a series of sculptures made of such disparate found items as horseshoes, gas pumps, logging wheels and driftwood, of animals such as horses, dinosaurs and sea creatures.
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Nisqually Entrance
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Route 706/Nisqually-Longmire Road
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Mount Wow
Mount Wow (5,722 feet) lies in the southwestern corner of the park.
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Westside Road
Westside Road branches off of the Nisqually-Longmire Road in the southwestern corner of the park.
